[RTTY] What IS the "norm?"

[Junior]

Roger,
 You will find a few us out there. I noted a lot of the psk ops will tell
you the same that have come up to rtty. You get on that mode and you find
them going all day long chatting. But with low power and antenna limitation
probably helps more than anything down on psk. I did get a 559 true report
from vk3ama with 3watts on psk using a beam. Played in the EU63 contest just
to work 100.
You will find a lot of ragchewing prior to contest on rtty but I think they
are checking out the station. I have seen a lot of new calls come up cq'n
but not many takers. The new one's like to ragchew a bit.
AA1E came up and he was excited about getting rtty to work.
If the condx are not good to old EU it limits the ragchewing from this end.
I did stop 3 or 4 times during the RU and chatted with some old calls that I
I had not seen in years on rtty for some time. Chatted with one of my .mil
brothers for about 10 minutes after he just returned from another tour to
the desert. Lost the run rate for some minutes but it picked back up.
Anyway look for me when the condx pick up. And have the crumpets and tea
ready as you might have to take a "tea" break as they do in cricket.
I enjoy that game.
Been up since 0430 waiting on the rtty TO station.
73
Charles/kk5oq

-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Roger Cooke
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:55 AM
To: rtty at contesting.com
Subject: [RTTY] What IS the "norm?"

Hi Guys.

   I love RTTY contesting and can quite understand the need for brevity in
the 
responses we receive. However, a polite "Hi Roger" gives me just as much 
satisfaction as the points I get from the QSO. I agree there is no need for
any
more than that IN CONTESTS. 

   However, I note that contacts outside of contests are becoming just as
brief
and uninteresting. If that is to be "The norm" then I would be very
disappointed.
Many excuses or reasons can be levelled at this. The other person is in a
hurry,
has to QRT because the XYL said so,    does not have much knowledge of
the used language, and so on.  However, I responded to a  USA station
calling
CQ on RTTY, he returns with name and report. I then responded to him,
 give my name and QTH and report to start the QSO and then stand by for the
next over. This was a simple Tnx, 73 and CUL, followed by a CQ again!
  Well, he can count on me NOT CUL OM. I thought amateur radio was all about
chatting. What is the point of endless rubber stamp contacts?
  When I first got onto HF RTTY, in 1960, we talked to each other, made
friends
and repeated contacts etc. Has all this gone? Come on guys, lighten up,
TALK TO EACH OTHER!

73 de Roger, G3LDI


Regards from Roger, G3LDI
Swardeston, Norfolk.

       
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